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- Win rate
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Duffy Daugherty
1954-1972 • Michigan State
One defining program at Michigan State.
Duffy Daugherty coached 19 seasons, won 60.9%, and posted an average SRS of 17.1. Best season: 1965 Michigan State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 109-69-5
- Career win rate
- 60.9%
- Average SRS
- 17.1
- Peak SRS
- 30.7
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 19
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #2
- Consistency
- 42.5
Primary school anchor
Michigan State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 97.1.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Duffy Daugherty
EliteStrongAverageLean
1954Actual season year • SRS range 6.1 to 30.71972
Active comparison point
Duffy Daugherty • 1965
1965 Michigan State
Best seasonBiggest improvement10-1 • SRS 30.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+17.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
9-31-1
- Games
- 41
- Win rate
- 23.2%
Top 5
4-21-1
- Games
- 26
- Win rate
- 17.3%
View ranked game results52
| 1972 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #5 | W19-12 |
| 1972 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Michigan | #5 | L0-10 |
| 1972 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #7 | L0-16 |
| 1972 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | USC | #1 | L6-51 |
| 1971 Regular Week 9 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #9 | W17-10 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Michigan | #2 | L13-24 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #4 | L2-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 13 | Michigan State | Northwestern | #19 | L20-23 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Michigan | #5 | L20-34 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #1 | L0-29 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #3 | L0-29 |
| 1969 Regular Week 9 | Michigan State | Purdue | #10 | L13-41 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #1 | L21-54 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #15 | L28-42 |
| 1968 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Purdue | #15 | L0-9 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #2 | L20-25 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #5 | W21-17 |
| 1967 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Purdue | #3 | L7-21 |
| 1967 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Indiana | #5 | L13-14 |
| 1967 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #10 | L12-24 |
| 1967 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | USC | #1 | L17-21 |
| 1967 Regular Week 3 | Michigan State | Houston | #3 | L7-37 |
| 1966 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #1 | T10-10 |
| 1965 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #6 | W12-3 |
| 1965 Regular Week 7 | Michigan State | Purdue | #6 | W14-10 |
| 1965 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan State | UCLA | #4 | L12-14 |
| 1964 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #1 | L7-34 |
| 1963 Regular Week 12 | Michigan State | Illinois | #3 | L0-13 |
| 1963 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | USC | #7 | L10-13 |
| 1962 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Minnesota | #10 | L7-28 |
| 1961 Regular Week 9 | Michigan State | Purdue | #7 | L6-7 |
| 1961 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Minnesota | #5 | L0-13 |
| 1961 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #8 | W17-7 |
| 1960 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Ohio State | #5 | L10-21 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Iowa | #2 | L15-27 |
| 1959 Regular Week 11 | Michigan State | Miami | #12 | L13-18 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Northwestern | #8 | W15-10 |
| 1959 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Iowa | #9 | L8-37 |
| 1958 Regular Week 8 | Michigan State | Wisconsin | #7 | L7-9 |
| 1958 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Purdue | #15 | L6-14 |
| 1958 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | Michigan | #14 | T12-12 |
| 1957 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Michigan | #18 | W35-6 |
| 1956 Regular Week 10 | Michigan State | Minnesota | #7 | L13-14 |
| 1956 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | Michigan | #12 | W9-0 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #4 | W21-7 |
| 1955 Regular Week 4 | Michigan State | Stanford | #20 | W38-14 |
| 1955 Regular Week 3 | Michigan State | Michigan | #2 | L7-14 |
| 1955 Postseason Week 1 | Michigan State | UCLA | #4 | W17-14 |
| 1954 Regular Week 6 | Michigan State | Purdue | #13 | L13-27 |
| 1954 Regular Week 5 | Michigan State | Notre Dame | #8 | L19-20 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | Michigan State | Wisconsin | #5 | L0-6 |
| 1954 Regular Week 2 | Michigan State | Iowa | #12 | L10-14 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Michigan State
1954-1972 • 19 seasons
Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 60.9%
- Longest tenure
- Michigan State • 19 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan State • 17.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Michigan State • 60.9%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Duffy Daugherty sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDuffy Daugherty sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Duffy Daugherty
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.1
- Percentile
- 81th pct
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Michigan State
1954-1972 • 109-69-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.1Win % 60.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 8.2 baseline
-2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.1 during vs 21.5 baseline
-4.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.1 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
42.1% during vs 100.0% baseline
-57.9%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Michigan State 1965
10-1 • SRS 30.7
Biggest Improvement
Michigan State 1965
10-1 • 17.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Michigan State 1971
6-5 • SP Off 26.7
Best Defensive Season
Michigan State 1972
5-5-1 • SP Def 11.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Michigan State 1967
3-7 • SRS 6.1
Biggest Drop
Michigan State 1958
3-5-1 • -18.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Michigan State | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.3 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 11.4 | -3.3 | -4.5% |
| Michigan State | 1971 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 13.6 | 11.4 | 26.7 | 15.9 | +3.4 | +14.5% |
| Michigan State | 1970 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 10.2 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 23.5 | +1.8 | 0.0% |
| Michigan State | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | #12 | — | 8.4 | — | — | — | -4.2 | -10.0% |
| Michigan State | 1968 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 12.6 | — | — | — | +6.5 | +20.0% |
| Michigan State | 1967 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | #3 | — | 6.1 | — | — | — | -17.7 | -65.0% |
| Michigan State | 1966 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #2 | #2 | 23.8 | — | — | — | -6.9 | +4.1% |
| Michigan State | 1965 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #2 | 30.7 | — | — | — | +17.6 | +46.5% |
| Michigan State | 1964 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 13.1 | — | — | — | -7.8 | -27.8% |
| Michigan State | 1963 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | #9 | 20.9 | — | — | — | -0.7 | +16.7% |
| Michigan State | 1962 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | #4 | — | 21.6 | — | — | — | -2.0 | -22.2% |
| Michigan State | 1961 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #6 | #8 | 23.6 | — | — | — | +3.0 | +5.6% |
| Michigan State | 1960 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | #8 | #15 | 20.6 | — | — | — | +7.1 | +16.7% |
| Michigan State | 1959 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | #19 | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | +5.1 | +16.7% |
| Michigan State | 1958 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | #4 | — | 8.4 | — | — | — | -18.8 | -50.0% |
| Michigan State | 1957 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | #3 | #3 | 27.2 | — | — | — | +3.9 | +11.1% |
| Michigan State | 1956 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #2 | #9 | 23.3 | — | — | — | -1.9 | -12.2% |
| Michigan State | 1955 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #2 | 25.2 | — | — | — | +12.5 | +56.7% |
| Michigan State | 1954 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | #6 | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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